Vijya Research & Advisory, a consulting firm promoted by Vijyalaxmi Group, has released a market report on rural India giving complete insights about the rural markets. Last decade has seen prominent interest in ‘Rural India’ as technology improvement, policy focus and strong demographic dividend underlying the rural economy of India, sought the attention of marketing czars. About 68% of India’s population lives in rural areas. Rural population has grown by 12% in last decade. Rural market has distinguished characteristics, accounts for 40% of Indian economy. Rural India has huge, heterogeneous and growing consumer market, which contributes more than 50% to India’s total consumer market size. Vijya Research’s report on rural India studies in detail the size, growth and composition of rural market. Rural India has witnessed significant development in last decade, with commitment of financial resources and launch of a range of programmes by government towards physical and social infrastructure development. The report elaborates the status of rural India’s infrastructure, social development, living conditions, economy and industry. The Rural India Report enables rural-urban comparisons, study trend of rural statistics over time and gives long term projection essential for market planning. Also, there are detailed state level tables in annexure on each subject covered in the report. Finally, the Report helps in breaking the myths and common perceptions on rural India, with robust facts and figures.